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Michael Willson
Born
Michael Andreas Willson

(1963-10-29) 29 October 1963 (age 60)
Dartford, Kent, England
NationalityUnited Kingdom British
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Michael Andreas Willson (born 29 October 1963) is a British former professional sportsperson best known for his role as Cobra on the British TV show Gladiators[1]

Career

Willson has said he often appeared on Gladiators drunk and was nearly fired.[2]

Later life

Now living in the West Midlands, he counts watercolours amongst his hobbies. Willson spends time visiting schools and youth clubs up and down the UK, promoting that keeping fit can be fun. Cobra embarked upon a promotional tour of schools in the late nineties in partnership with NatWest, encouraging schoolchildren to sign up for a bank account. Cobra was also part of the special UK international team and headed off to compete against South Africa in the Springbok Challenge 2000. He more recently visited the University of Dundee union to take part in some games with the students.[3]

In 2019 he was hospitalised with pneumonia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Arnold, Sarah; Deborah Sherwood (27 April 2008). "Gladiators: Whatever happened to the Nineties stars?". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  2. ^ a b Kale, Sirin (23 October 2019). "'Gladiators ... ready!' Whatever became of Wolf, Jet, Rhino and the show's other stars?". The Guardian – via www.theguardian.com.
  3. ^ Hill, Patrick (14 September 1997). "MY BULLY BOY DAD MADE ME A GLADI-HATER!; Beatings Gave Cobra the Venom to Be a Star.But He Never Forgave His Father". People.

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